History Webcomic / Mulberry

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Some of the readers felt surprised to learn that ''Ambush Makeover'', which became [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&page=8&seriesID=4 spoofed]] in "Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview," actually exists.

* NamesTheSame: In-universe example in "Planet of the Jerks": When Mulberry and her friends listen to The Coasters' "Charlie Brown", they struggle to figure out what the lyrics have to do with the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' character.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=25&page=0 The Game of Life]]" gives Mulberry control of a DeceptivelyHumanRobot named, "[[spoiler: Davy Doowop-Abop-Shadoom-Boom-Pow]]." "DD" for short.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: In-universe, Mulberry presents one of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&page=4&seriesID=4 "Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview"]].
-->'''Mulberry:''' Through the magic of editing, [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids Productions]] has turned a ninja cartoon into a depiction of daily American school life! ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is now known here as ''Larry and His Socially Conscious Adventures'', and it's being hailed by critics as "''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' for the 21st Century! Here's a peek!"
-->''(Three page preview plays)''
-->'''Mulberry:''' Some complain that things like this destroy the original artist's vision. I say, who cares? The man's all the way back in Japan; how's he gonna find out?
-->'''Jack:''' And he probably doesn't have internet...

* RepurposedPopSong: One part of "Mulberry's Wraparounds" has Mulberry lament (by quoting Website/ThisVeryWiki) that Music/{{Blondie}}'s "One Way or Another" gets used in advertising so often, she can't hear it without thinking of one of the many moronic commercials that played it. This segues into a collection of other examples of {{Repurposed Pop Song}}s, at least some of which actually happened.[[note]]A 1977 Halls commercial with Music/TheRollingStones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", a 1986 laxative commercial with Music/TheBeatles' "Revolution", a 1996 Mountain Dew commercial with Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody", a 2006 Circuit City commercial with Music/TheCars' "Just What I Needed", and a 2013 {{Ridiculously Loud| Commercial}} Chevy commercial with Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit".[[/note]]

* RepurposedPopSong: One part of "Mulberry's Wraparounds" has Mulberry lament (by quoting Wiki/ThisVeryWiki) that Music/{{Blondie}}'s "One Way or Another" gets used in advertising so often, she can't hear it without thinking of one of the many moronic commercials that played it. This segues into a collection of other examples of {{Repurposed Pop Song}}s, at least some of which actually happened.[[note]]A 1977 Halls commercial with Music/TheRollingStones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", a 1986 laxative commercial with Music/TheBeatles' "Revolution", a 1996 Mountain Dew commercial with Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody", a 2006 Circuit City commercial with Music/TheCars' "Just What I Needed", and a 2013 {{Ridiculously Loud| Commercial}} Chevy commercial with Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit".[[/note]]

* RecursiveCanon: "Outatime" presents a roundabout example. When Marty visits the Cafe '80s, the Cafe has a poster for ''Series/FreeSpirit'', featuring Corinne Bohrer and Edan Gross as Winnie Goodwin and Gene Harper. The incarnations of Winnie and Gene from Peter's ''Webcomic/FreeSpirit2014'' FanWebcomics series previously appeared in the ''Webcomic/{{Keiki}}''[=/=]''Mulberry'' crossover "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/keiki/index.php?issue=19&pageType=index&seriesID=5 Haole Berry]]", implying that all three of those comics share a universe. Overthink these scenes, and it appears that Mulberry's universe has Winnie Goodwin and the Harper clan as both characters in an '80s sitcom, and an actual CuteWitch and mortal family living together.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&pageType=index&seriesID=4 Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview]]" consists of Mulberry and Jack promoting mostly non-existent shows and commercials to the readers.
** "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=7&pageType=index&seriesID=4 Faces and Places]]" has Mulberry inexplicably hosting her own talk show and interviewing an animation veteran.

* ShockingSwerve: In-universe: Mulberry has to come up with [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=18 one]] for Brittany's Murphy's final movie in "Murphy's Lawn," since it originally had NoEnding. When the movie comes out with her ending attached, all the viewers seem [[spoiler: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=19&seriesID=4 amazed and satisfied]]]] with the twist.

* [[ActuallyIAmHim Actually, I Am Her]]: In "Miraculous Adventures of Ledyba And Meowth Noir", Mulberry becomes the first ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' player to receive TheMissingno as her starter. After she uses it to win several battles, word spreads of a trainer with an invincible Pokémon, known only as the sole member of "Team Venture". When Mulberry engages in a conversation about her, the other players doubt that the trainer is a woman, until Mulberry challenges them one of them to a fight.

* YankTheDogsChain: "Friendship is Voodoo" has two of Mulberry's seemingly successful attempts at making a new friend fall flat. First, her new BlackBestFriend becomes too preoccupied to talk to her again. [[spoiler:Later, she strikes a geeky conversation with some other guests at a party, only to learn that they're actually ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' cast members who mistook her for Creator/AubreyPlaza.]]

* LampshadedTheObscureReference: "Disney Adventures" has Mulberry and her friends find [[Disney/{{Dinosaur}} Aladar]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur Arlo]] guarding the Vault, neither of whom the gang can remember, much to the dinosaurs' frustration.

* MacGuffin: Mulberry decides to explore the Disney Vault in "Disney Adventures" after Jack suggests that they could find a more {{Gorn}}-ridden cut of ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron''. [[spoiler:Due to some misdirection from Little Hiawatha, whom Mulberry asks, "...do you know where they put Disney's deepest, darkest secret movie?", Taffy accidentally instead grabs an un-edited copy of Mickey Mouse's ''The Shindig'', complete with Mickey pulling Minnie's panties.]]

* SuddenlyVoiced: In "Miraculous Adventures of Ledyba And Meowth Noir", [[spoiler:Missingno]] doesn't start talking until the second-to-last page.

-->'''Jack:''' I'm sorry...[[{{Understatement}} This is really hitting you hard, isn't it?]]

** Mulberry finds herself resorting to this in "Mulberry's Lawn," while trying to turn Creator/BrittanyMurphy's last movie ([[Creator/TheAsylum Asylum Pictures]]' ''UFO vs. Killer Unicorn'') into a Hollywood blockbuster. Creator/{{Universal}} nearly rejects the film for not having enough [[{{Film/Avatar}} blue people]], but she manages to get around that by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=12&seriesID=4 promising]] [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome "4-D" special effects]] instead. Mulberry also broadens appeal by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=13 changing the title]] to ''[[WordSaladTitle The Feel Sandwich]]'', in hopes of earning a ''[[Film/TheHurtLocker Hurt Locker]]''-level of critical acclaim, and [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=14&seriesID=4 turning Flava Flav's character]] from a [[DawsonCasting little boy]] to a [[Literature/{{Twilight}} sparkly vampire]].

* {{Homage}}: "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=27&pageType=index&seriesID=4 GameSaw]]" has a storyline kind of like ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', except that the torture involves [[spoiler: working at [=GameStop=]]].

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: In "Outatime", [[spoiler:Doc proves to Marty that Donald Trump is actually Biff Tannen when he shows him a newspaper with the headline, "Trump Says Mexico 'Full of Buttheads'".]]

* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Satirized in "Disney's Adventures", which shows the Disney Vault to hold a rather wide array of characters, memorabilia, and media.

-->'''Taffy:''' It's like the [[Webcomic/PocketPrincesses Amy Mebberson cartoon]] from Hell!

* MacGuffin: Mulberry decides to explore the Disney Vault in "Disney Adventures" after Jack suggests that they could find a more {{Gorn}}-ridden cut of ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron''. [[spoiler:Taffy accidentally instead grabs an un-edited copy of Mickey Mouse's ''The Shindig'', complete with Mickey pulling Minnie's panties.]]

* {{Crossover}}: "Outatime", published September 2015, has Mulberry meet some ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' characters, including Jennifer Parker.

** Mulberry finds herself resorting to this in "Mulberry's Lawn," while trying to turn Creator/BrittanyMurphy's last movie ([[TheAsylum Asylum Pictures]]' ''UFO vs. Killer Unicorn'') into a Hollywood blockbuster. Creator/{{Universal}} nearly rejects the film for not having enough [[{{Film/Avatar}} blue people]], but she manages to get around that by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=12&seriesID=4 promising]] [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome "4-D" special effects]] instead. Mulberry also broadens appeal by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=13 changing the title]] to ''[[WordSaladTitle The Feel Sandwich]]'', in hopes of earning a ''[[Film/TheHurtLocker Hurt Locker]]''-level of critical acclaim, and [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=14&seriesID=4 turning Flava Flav's character]] from a [[DawsonCasting little boy]] to a [[Literature/{{Twilight}} sparkly vampire]].

* RepurposedPopSong: One part of "Mulberry's Wraparounds" has Mulberry lament (by quoting ThisVeryWiki) that Music/{{Blondie}}'s "One Way or Another" gets used in advertising so often, she can't hear it without thinking of one of the many moronic commercials that played it. This segues into a collection of other examples of {{Repurposed Pop Song}}s, at least some of which actually happened.[[note]]A 1977 Halls commercial with Music/TheRollingStones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", a 1986 laxative commercial with Music/TheBeatles' "Revolution", a 1996 Mountain Dew commercial with Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody", a 2006 Circuit City commercial with Music/TheCars' "Just What I Needed", and a 2013 {{Ridiculously Loud| Commercial}} Chevy commercial with Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit".[[/note]]

* BuiltWithLEGO: No Franchise/{{LEGO}} bricks involved, but [[http://platypuscomix.net/top189.jpg this banner]] shows a Mulberry minifigure with a sneering expression and a shirt reading, "No Real Than You Are." A [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/top215.jpg later version]], displayed after ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' achieved critical and financial success, changes her shirt to read, "Phil Lord And Chris Miller Are Gods."